{"id":46248,"date":"2025-02-27T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/ramaphosa-residents-protest-over-six-year-wait-for-electricity-20250227\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T23:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T21:14:32","slug":"ramaphosa-residents-protest-over-six-year-wait-for-electricity-20250227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/ramaphosa-residents-protest-over-six-year-wait-for-electricity-20250227\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaphosa residents protest over six-year wait for electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Residents of Ramaphosa informal settlement in Brown\u2019s Farm, Philippi, protested by barricading Govan Mbeki Road with burning tyres and stones, demanding electricity.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Community leader Babalwa Siswana said residents have been requesting electricity for over six years, but their pleas have been ignored.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The City of Cape Town stated that electrification depends on a network upgrade, which requires the relocation of some informal structures to proceed.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Enraged Ramaphosa informal settlement residents in Browns Farm, Philippi, barricaded Govan Mbeki Road with burning tyres and stones during a service delivery protest on Monday 24 February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They accused the City of Cape Town of not addressing their grievances.<br>\nCommunity leader Babalwa Siswana said they only need electricity in the area.<br>\nShe said they have stayed in the neighbourhood for over six years and have continuously asked for the installation of electricity by the City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"Middle\" id=\"embed_bcfdce5e\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Philippi\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12751\/d8f3a7a482d940739a6bd809661cbd26.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/cityvision\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/47a8107c2ba547f58eb9b19b6a4465a0.jpg\" title=\"The officers are monitoring the continuation at Govan Mbeki Road near Ramaphosa informal settlement in Browns Farm.  \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">The officers are monitoring the continuation at Govan Mbeki Road near Ramaphosa informal settlement in Browns Farm.  <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll we want is electricity. We\u2019ve been engaging with the City officials but our pleas fall on deaf ears. Initially, when we arrived here, the officials told us that we were on a private land and there was nothing they could do. But we heard in 2022 that the City bought the land and it promised to build a sub-station near Sheffield Road (opposite Ramaphosa),\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She added that the community would protest until their grievances were heard.<br>\nThe City\u2019s mayco member for Energy Xanthea Limberg said the Ramaphosa electrification project relied on a network upgrading project. She said no additional connections can be added without the additional electricity capacity being made available.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn order to strengthen the network, a substation has to be installed. 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